Scrubbing implement.



' No. 781,409.. PATENTBD JAN. 31,1905.

s. M. ELY.

SGBUBBIN G IMPLEMENT.

APPLIOATIOH IILED JULY 11. 1903.

- No. 781,409., v v PATENTED JAN. 31', 1.905; S.'M.ELY. v

. SGR'UBBING IMPLEMENT. f I APPLICATION FILED JULY 17]., 1993- 2 BHEBTi-BHEE'I 2.

' WITNESSESIQYL Jew e I UNITED STATES.

Patented January 31, 1905.

PATENT ()FFICE.

SELDON MAYNARD ELY, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

'sCRuBBmG IMPLEMENT.

sPEcIFicATI'oN formin part of Letters Patent No. 781,409, dated. January 31,1905.

- Application filed July 11, 1903. Serial No. 165,101.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SELDON MAYNARD ELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex'and State of New Jersey, have invented and produced new and original Improvements in Scrubbing Implements; and I do hereby declare thefolloW- ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itap'pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this. specification; p

The object of this invention is to facilitate the operation of scrubbing floors and similar surfaces and to do the same effectively with asmall expenditure of labor and to secure other advantages and results-,- some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved scrubbing implement and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all

substantiallyas. will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claiml Referring to the accompanying drawings,

in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a plan of the improved scrub-v bing implement, and Fig.2 is a side .elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section taken on line or of Fig. 1.

In said drawings, 5 indicates a long horizontal bed or frame, the longitudinal side pieces of which are rigidly joined at the front by a connecting-board 7, the broad faces of whichlie in horizontal planes. The said board is thus adapted 't'omove back and forth with the other parts of the frame when pushed and pulled by the handle, as hereinafter described.

Said board is preferably at its longitudinal center line provided with a series of perforations through which the water from the perforated transverse extension of the water-supply pipe may flow into the interior of the bed of bristles 8 underneath said horizontal board. To the horizontal under side of the said rigidly-attached board 7 are applied bristles 8, which extend downward to engage the floor, the said board 7 serving as I a portion of the frame, joining the opposite sides, and as a support for the bristles, and

thus the bristles are controlled directly fromand with the frame and may thus be directed with certainty into engagement with particular parts of the floor undergoing the washing or scrubbing operation.

The board 7 is perforated to permit a flow of clean water to the bristles beneath, the

perforations being in a longitudinal series coincident with perforations in the transverse extensions 9 of the water-supply pipe. Said water-supply pipe 10 is in connection with a supply tank orreservoir 11 on the frame or bed of the machine and is provided with a stop-cock 12, disposed between the said' reservoir ll and the T-shaped forward extremity of said pipe having the said perforations. The tank has suitable bearings on the frame 5 and is provided at one end with an inleta pulley 17 interposed between and engagedby two of said wheels 6. I prefer to employ pans on both sides of the wiping-brush, as indicated in Fig. 3, so that the wiping opera.- tion can be effected both when moving the device forward and backward. The tops of the pans are each funnel-shaped, the perforated centers lying below the outer edges of the pan, so that the scourings or dirty water from the floor will flow to the openv center and when once in the pans will be prevented from slopping over the edges when the devices are moved back and forth over the floor in the cleaning operation. The said frame is provided with a suitable handle 18, attached to the frame in any desirable manner, whereby funnel 13 and cover'14: of any suitable style.

the scrubbing operation may be accomplished while the operator is standing upright upon the floor, thus avoiding the necessity for kneeling when performing the scrubbing operation.

I am aware that various changes of construction may be made without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself by the specific expressions above employed in describing the said invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The improved scrubbing implement herein described, comprising a wheeled and handled frame having at its front a horizontal, perforated board, joining the opposite sides of said frame and havingbristles extending down therefrom to engage the floor, a water-tank supported on said frame, a valved pipe eX- tending from the Water-tank to said perforated board, a rotary wiper journaled on said frame, means for transmitting motion to the wiper from the wheels of the frame, and pans adapted to receive the water raised by the wiper, substantially as set forth.

2. The improved scrubbing implementherein described, comprising a horizontally-disposed frame, the longitudinal side pieces of which are rigidly joined at the front or forward end of said frame, by a longitudinallyperforated connecting-board, a plurality of wheels at each side of said frame, a watertank carried by said frame back from said connecting-board, bristles depending from said board and adapted to scrub the floor, moving back and forth thereover with the wheeled frame, a rotary wiping-brush having a friction-wheel in engagement with the wheels of the tank-supporting frame and receiving its motion therefrom, a duet for conducting water from said tank to the perforations of the bristled connecting-board, and pans to receive water from the wiper, 'substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of June, 1903.

SELDON MAYNARD ELY. Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL,

(J. B. PITNEY. 

